{"id":179360,"date":"2025-09-18T08:52:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T07:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/soldiers-neutralize-suspected-criminal-in-benue"},"modified":"2025-09-18T09:57:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T08:57:53","slug":"soldiers-neutralize-suspected-criminal-in-benue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/soldiers-neutralize-suspected-criminal-in-benue","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers Neutralize Suspected Criminal in Benue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Troops of the Defence Special Operations Force, DSOF, deployed at Afia Market in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State have ki\u0308lled one of the several suspected armed criminals robbing traders.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly, troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, deployed at the Ayilamo outpost in Logo LGA of the state have intensified patrols to protect farmers in their farms by providing them with armed escorts.<\/p>\n<p>The acting Media Information Officer of OPWS, Lt. Ahmad Zubairu, who disclosed this in a statement, noted that the troops responded to a distress call on Monday about alleged armed herders shooting at Tse Anema village in the Tombo Council Ward of Logo LGA.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the troops advanced swiftly, forcing the suspects to flee, while soldiers dominated the area with aggressive patrols to restore confidence among residents.<\/p>\n<p>Zubairu added that during clearance operations at Azege village in the same ward, the troops intercepted two suspected criminals uprooting yams from a farm.<\/p>\n<p>The statement noted that in a separate operation, troops of the DSOF deployed at Afia Market, Ukum LGA, engaged armed criminals who were robbing traders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne suspect was neutralized, while troops recovered an AK-47 rifle, a magazine, and three rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition,\u201d Zubairu added.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Force Commander of OPWS, Major General Moses Gara, commended the troops for their swift response and professionalism, stressing that all encounters with armed groups must lead to the recovery of weapons to prevent their use against civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Gara reaffirmed the commitment of OPWS to secure Benue, Taraba, and Nasarawa states from violent criminals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Troops of the Defence Special Operations Force, DSOF, deployed at Afia Market in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State have ki\u0308lled one of the several suspected armed criminals robbing traders. Similarly, troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, OPWS, deployed at the Ayilamo outpost in Logo LGA of the state have intensified patrols [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":179359,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[331,254],"class_list":["post-179360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-benue","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Soldiers Neutralize Suspected Criminal in Benue - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Troops of the Defence Special Operations Force, DSOF, deployed at Afia Market in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue Sta ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/soldiers-neutralize-suspected-criminal-in-benue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Soldiers Neutralize Suspected Criminal in Benue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Troops of the Defence Special Operations Force, DSOF, deployed at Afia Market in Ukum Local Government Area of Benue Sta ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/soldiers-neutralize-suspected-criminal-in-benue\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-18T07:52:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-18T08:57:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758173468.493648.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"447\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/soldiers-neutralize-suspected-criminal-in-benue#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/soldiers-neutralize-suspected-criminal-in-benue\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Soldiers Neutralize Suspected Criminal in Benue\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-18T07:52:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-18T08:57:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/soldiers-neutralize-suspected-criminal-in-benue\"},\"wordCount\":277,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/soldiers-neutralize-suspected-criminal-in-benue#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/09\/sm_1758173468.493648.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Benue\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/soldiers-neutralize-suspected-criminal-in-benue#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/soldiers-neutralize-suspected-criminal-in-benue\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/soldiers-neutralize-suspected-criminal-in-benue\",\"name\":\"Soldiers Neutralize Suspected Criminal in Benue - 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